Triptych of Reverse-Painted Silhouettes with Dried Botanicals, Hand-Painted View Watchlist >
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Lot # F399
System ID # 29081584
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Triptych of Reverse-Painted Silhouettes with Dried Botanicals, Hand-Painted
A three-panel set of reverse-painted glass silhouettes backed with dried grasses, wheat stems, and pressed wildflowers in soft pastels. The center panel — the tallest of the three — depicts birch trees rising above a small sailboat on calm water, while the two flanking panels each frame a romantic figural scene: a courting couple in eighteenth-century dress on one, a crinolined lady with a parasol on the other. The black silhouettes are painted onto the reverse of the glass, with the floral arrangements pressed behind to form a luminous, layered background.
Each panel retains its original ebonized wood frame with gilt inner liner. The back of the set carries a diamond-shaped maker's stamp with a stylized monogram and the inked notation "HAND PAINTED", consistent with European cottage-industry production of the 1920s–1930s, when reverse-painted silhouettes with dried-flower backgrounds were a popular parlor decoration.
CONDITION
Good overall. Frames show light edge wear and minor gilt loss to the inner liners. Pressed botanicals retain color well with expected fading consistent with age. Glass panels intact with no visible cracks; paint adhesion to the reverse remains stable.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Center Panel: 11.25" × 4.5"
- Side Panels (each): 6" × 4"
- Construction: Reverse-painted glass, dried botanicals, ebonized wood frames with gilt liner
- Verso: Diamond maker's stamp with monogram; "HAND PAINTED" ink stamp
- Quantity: 3 framed panels
